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Prince Buster 
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Joined: 15 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 1146 |
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 Topic: extreme optimistPosted: 30 Mar 06 at 5:11pm |
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moderately larger?!?
the oppie sail at the mo is about 3.5msq! |
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international moth - "what what?"
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mike ellis
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Joined: 30 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 2339 |
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Posted: 30 Mar 06 at 5:24pm |
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i know i was being slightly sarcastic. |
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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HannahJ
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Joined: 23 Jul 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 861 |
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Posted: 30 Mar 06 at 6:47pm |
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turnturtle - i think it was luke's grammar, not a coma?
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MIRROR 64799 "Dolphin"
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist hopes it will change; the realist adjusts the sail |
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billpayer
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Joined: 02 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 30 |
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 11:16am |
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A good size (6-6.5) windsurfer rig might well work. This sounds like a good challenge on the way to a performance oppie, I'll think I'll have a go this summer and get my daughter to try it. As for crash helmets, yes some of the Oppies now come with a crash hat and from what I've seen with complete beginers in the training, this is an excellent idea. At our club, we encourage all absolute beginners to wear these, but as soon as they are a bit more confident and aware of the boom, they are under no obligation.
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moomin
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Joined: 19 Jan 05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 11:45am |
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Just a word of advice re crash helmets, Crash helmets only protect the top of the head, the face and especially nose can be just as vulnerable. I find kids in crach helmets really struggle with wind awareness and hearing instruction. A good alternative is pipe lagging on the boom, dead cheap and will protect the kid wherever the boom hits them, without reducing wind awareness. That's all
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timnoyce
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Joined: 05 Aug 04 Location: Hampshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 1991 |
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 12:07pm |
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Has no one else noticed that wearing a helmet increases the size of the users head by a good inch all over?! This is likely to result in far more hits to the head than not wearing a helmet at all! A good hit to the head is likely to teach you that getting out the way is the best option and it shouldn't happen again
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BEARFOOT DESIGN
Cherub 2648 - Comfortably Numb |
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mike ellis
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Posted: 31 Mar 06 at 1:52pm |
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yes but you will get some parents sueing you because of some stupid kid going home moaning. the joys of modern society.
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600 732, will call it Sticks and Stones when i get round to it.
Also International 14, 1318 |
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laser47
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Joined: 11 Feb 06 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 349 |
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Posted: 01 Apr 06 at 12:42pm |
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its only done with beginners because they think that to turn the boat at all you need to use loads of rudder so they tend to either gybe a lot (bigger problem in oppi than other classes for some mad unknown reason), spin round in circles or get stuck head to wind. if they didn't do it they'd get people like this kid on a course i did in september who are so scared of the boom comming across and hitting them they lie down on the bottom of the boat and cry
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Kiteboy
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Joined: 03 Apr 06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
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Posted: 03 Apr 06 at 7:53pm |
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Another Extreme oppy modification: Do what i did and take the rig out and use a kitesurfing kite! steer with your feet. you can do a good 10+kts! |
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Laser Radial 185598 (transitional squad...oh yeah)
3 and 7 and 14m kitesurfing kites |
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Isis
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Posted: 03 Apr 06 at 8:08pm |
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Does anyone else find Kiteboy's sig ammusing or is it just my slightly suspect sense of humor?
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